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Review of permit documents indicated the use of standards for determination of revegetation <br />success for all variables (cover, production, woody plant density, and diversity). However, an analysis of <br />these standards indicated that certain criteria had been adopted from another coal-mining permit located <br />in an area exhibiting far greater potential for vegetative growth. For example, the production standard <br />had been set at 1,784 Ibs per acre which is 3 to 4 times greater than Blue Ribbon area soils are capable <br />of producing. Given the inappropriate origin of these success criteria predisposing the condition that <br />several standards could never be met, alternative means for the determination of revegetation success <br />were necessary. Therefore, much of the effort indicated in this document was designed to determine <br />currently expressed vegetation community variables and to establish more appropriate, and defensible, <br />comparison criteria. <br />~~~ ~ ass®cnAV~ rNC Page 2 Blue Ribbon Mlne - RevegetaNon Evaluation <br />